Why promiscuity pays

  • Bellamy L
  • Pomiankowski A
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Abstract

A study reveals that female promiscuity in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco, is explained by the greater reproductive success of offspring sired by males outside social pairs compared with offspring born within pairs.

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Bellamy, L., & Pomiankowski, A. (2011). Why promiscuity pays. Nature, 479(7372), 184–185. https://doi.org/10.1038/479184a

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